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Jeremie Boga came off the bench to inspire Atalanta's comeback win over Bologna
Atalanta came from behind to seal a 2-1 win away at Bologna in the Serie A thanks to a second-half fightback inspired by Jeremie Boga.
La Dea started the game without their top scorer, Ademola Lookman but they still found a way to win without their talismanic Nigerian who remained an unused substitute, thanks to another African forward Jeremie Boga.
The Ivorian winger came on at half-time with Atalanta trailing but turned the tie upside down with two assists to inspire the 2-1 win.
Bologna 1-2 Atalanta
Atalanta were keen to start positively after dropping points to Spezia in the midweek but it was Bologna who drew first blood after just six minutes.
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Riccardo Orsolini picked up the ball on the edge of the box and drove a powerful strike into the far corner to register his third goal of the season and give the hosts the lead.
Bologna headed into the half-time break with the lead as Atalanta failed to even register a shot on target but that would change in the second half.
Boga needed just two minutes to make his mark after coming on at half-time as he laid the ball into the path of Teun Koopmeiners, who produced a sublime long-range effort, rifling his shot past the out-stretched Lukasz Skorupski.
Boga stepped up again with a through pass to Rasmus Hojlund to score and complete the Atalanta turnaround before the hour mark
Atalanta controlled the rest of the game to see out the result which moved them up to sixth on the Serie A table.
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